Hair curling and wave device



May 30, 1944- Y H. c. wHlTTAKER 2,349,895

HAIR CURLING AND WAVE DEVICE Filed Oct. 14, 1943 JNVENTOR.

Aria/'m15 r Patented May 30, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAIR CURLING AND' WAVE DEVICE Henry Clay Whittaken Memphis, Tenn; n Application October 14, 1943, Serial No.` 506,239

1 claim. (C1. isz- 41) The invention has for an object to present a hair curling device adapted to be produced at extremely low cost from materials which are not critical in the War effort, and which are a stock product in various forms suitable for use in the article and which may be purchased upon the open market.

A further important aim of the invention is to present a hair curling device which may be readily engaged in the hair -to produce curls of an extremely natural appearance by simple manipulation.

A further important aim of the invention is to present a curler device which is readily adapted to engagement in the hair and retention while the wearer sleeps, without causing discomfort.

Another important aim is to present a hair curler of novel function in retaining the hair. Another important aim is to present such an article which is readily adapted to be produced is obtained from newly manufactured goods.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention reside in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts involved in the device as embodied, as will be more readily understood :from the following description and accompanying drawing, wherein Figure l is a plan view of the curler device in its blank form, and as obtained by the user in retail trade.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof.

Figure 3 is a cross section on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a cross section on the line 4 4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an edge view of the article with a strand of hair wound thereon.

Figure 6 is a similar View showing the article folded to hold the hair as wound.

Figure 7 shows the manner of inserting the point section to retain the article in the wound hair.

Figure 8 shows the point fully inserted so as to hold the wound hair in place on the curler.

Figure 9 is a cross section on the line 9-9 of Figure 8.

Figure l0 is a perspective view of the winding end of the article showing the manner of starting the winding of the hair thereon.

There is illustrated a curler comprising a blank Il of card-board, which may be approximately of the same material as card-board boxes are made of, although it may be found desirable to have ay smooth facing on one or two sides thereof, to avoid the formation of projecting bers or the like, as well as to permit creasing and bending of the article, as will be described, with a minimum liability of fracture of the material at the line of fold.

The blank is preferably made of a length to afford a standard size curler, so that the device may receive thereon a winding of hair of a suitable diameter. A curl with a winding of approximately one inch in diameter, and a length along the axis of the winding of approximately two inches, is ordinarily desirable, although the size may be varied if desired, or special sizes provided for peculiar requirements as discretion dictates.

The blank I0 is formed with transverse crimps or grooves II, so as to form the curl-receiving end portion I2 of full length, an intermediate plain portion I3 of approximately the same length as the part I2, and an opposite end portion I4 which may be slightly shorter if desired, and in the present instance, is pointed, having edges I5 inclined from the junction of the point portion I4 with the body portion I3 to a point I5 at the extremity of the blank.

The hair-receiving end I2 is formed with a longitudinal slot II extending from near the crease I I to the extremity of the blank, the sides of the slot being spaced `apart approximately one-sixteenth of an inch, and at the extremity of the device being curved divergently. If desired, the longitudinal edges of the blank especially in the part I2, and the edges of the slot I1, may be treated in any suitable way to present a smooth rounded edge, affording a minimum of liability of hooking or breaking of the hair when applied or removed to and from the device.

In practice, I have found a hard glazed cardboard to aord a satisfactory material with adequate strength and durability for the use described, and liable in a minimum degree to breakage or damage incident to average use.

In the use of this article, a strand of hair I8 is separated from the rest of the hair upon the head of the user, at the outer part, and the extreme end portion of the strand held taut while the end of the curler is presented thereto in a plane at right angles to the strand, the open end of the slot being slipped onto the strand, so as to yfit thereagainst at each side. The strand being slipped to the inner end portion of the slot, the curler is rotated on its longitudinal aXis, so as to wind the hair upon the part I2, from adjacent the crease II toward the outer end, in al manner familiar in hair dressing generally. After completion of the winding of the hair as described, the central body portion I3 is bent upon the crease line II, longitudinally inwardly over the hair, as shown in Figure 4, and then the pointed end portion is curved inwardly,l as shown in Figure 5, and inserted Within the Wound hair and pushed longitudinally into the coil of hair until it lies snugly engaged, as shown in Figure 6, the central portion I3 lying close against the external coiled hair. This operation is repeated with similan strands of hair, until all of the hair to be curled is engaged upon a proper number of the curlers, which may then lie at against the head of the wearer, to be retained by hairpins or hair net, or otherwise, as may be found expedient.

A hair curler of the character described com.. prising a blank of sheet material of elongated form, including an end portion longitudinally slotted through the extremity to receive a strand of hair as described, the material of the device being crimped transversely a spaced distance from the inner end of said slot, and having a second transverse crimped portion at a distance from the first crimped portion corresponding to the length of the slotted end portion, a pointed end portion outwardly of the last named crimped part, for the purposes described, the material being adapted to be bent at said crimped portion, for the uses described.

HENRY CLAY WHITTAKER. 

